b affect more favourable provisions concerning cultural heritage and environment contained in other national or international legal instruments;

Conscious of the need to respond appropriately to the possible negative impact on underwater cultural heritage of legitimate activities that may incidentally affect it,

The incorporation of these items in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity shall in no way prejudge the criteria for future inscriptions decided upon in accordance with Article 16, paragraph 2.

(1) The starting-points for the preparation of an environmental report are the environmental objectives of the plan, the evaluation criteria and the methodology for identifying and evaluating the effects of the plan on the environment, nature conservation, the protection of human health and the protection of cultural heritage.

(3) Suitable criteria for evaluating the effects of the plan on the environment, nature conservation, the protection of human health and the protection of cultural heritage are degrees of deviation from environment status indicators, degrees of achievement of protection objectives and other criteria providing suitable evaluation of the effects of the plan.

(5) If the offence specified in the first paragraph was committed in relation to the construction of a demanding works, a works with environmental impact, or a works registered as a cultural monument, or was to be carried out in an area protected in accordance with regulations on cultural heritage or in accordance with regulations on nature conservation or in an area located on aquatic land, the following penalties shall be imposed:

If the offence specified in the first paragraph was committed in relation to the construction of a demanding works, a works with environmental impact, or a works registered as a cultural monument, or was to be carried out in an area protected in accordance with regulations on cultural heritage or in accordance with regulations on nature conservation or in an area located on aquatic land, the following penalties shall be imposed:

- measures envisaged for the prevention, mitigation and elimination of the consequences of any important essential or destructive effects of the plan on the environment, nature conservation, the protection of human health and the protection of cultural heritage (hereinafter:

If the offence specified in the first paragraph was committed in relation to the construction and maintenance of a demanding works, a works with environmental impact, or a works registered as a cultural monument, or was to be carried out in an area protected in accordance with regulations on cultural heritage or in accordance with regulations on nature conservation or in an area located on aquatic land, the following penalties shall be imposed:

` Activities incidentally affecting underwater cultural heritage` means activities which, despite not having underwater cultural heritage as their primary object or one of their objects, may physically disturb or otherwise damage underwater cultural heritage.

(1) An environmental report is a document in which significant effects of the plan on the environment, nature conservation, the protection of human health and the protection of cultural heritage are defined, described and evaluated, along with possible alternatives, taking into account the environmental objectives and characteristics of the area to which the plan relates.

(1) On the basis of the starting-points for the preparation of the environmental report under Article 4 of this Decree, the effect of the implementation of the plan on the environment and parts thereof, and the inclusion of the requirements of environmental protection, nature conservation and the protection of human health and cultural heritage in the plan, while taking into account mitigating measures, is assessed in two phases:

5. The permit on the basis of Articles 27, 60 and 61 of the Cultural Heritage Protection Act (Ur. l. RS, No. 7/99) in the case of the construction or execution of works by which there is an encroachment upon works protected pursuant to regulations on cultural heritage, in the case of archaeological digs and research that could damage archaeological finds, and in the case of research that entails encroachment upon heritage or a monument, and the cultural protection conditions and approval on the basis of Articles 45, 46 and 47 of the aforementioned act of law for constructions that could affect the regime of protection, preservation and maintenance of heritage real estate 6. The nature land use permit on the basis of Article 104 of the Nature Conservation Act (Ur. l. RS, Nos.

Without prejudice to other international agreements and rules of international law regarding the protection of underwater cultural heritage, States Parties shall require that the Rules be applied to activities directed at underwater cultural heritage in their internal waters, archipelagic waters and territorial sea.

- important effects of the plan on the environment, which may be direct, long-distance, cumulative and synergistic, short-term, medium-term and long-term, permanent and temporary, positive and negative, and relate to biological diversity, fauna, flora, soil, water, air, climate factors, material goods, cultural heritage including architectural and archeological heritage, landscape, population, human health and their mutual relations;

(2) Without prejudice to the right of the possessor to compensation referred to in the preceding paragraph, reasonable efforts shall be made to have the person who transferred the cultural object to the possessor, or any prior transferor, pay the compensation where to do so would be consistent with the law of the State in which the claim is brought.

- that all those elements of the plan which could by themselves or through cumulative or synergistic effects with other plans or activities have an important effect on the environment have been duly considered using appropriate methods from the point of view of all environmental impacts and with regard to all foreseeable consequences of the plan on the environment, natural resources, nature conservation and the protection of human health and cultural heritage;

(b) the deposition of underwater cultural heritage, recovered in the course of a research project in conformity with this Convention, provided such deposition does not prejudice the scientific or cultural interest or integrity of the recovered material or result in its irretrievable dispersal; is in accordance with the provisions of Rules 33 and 34; and is subject to the authorization of the competent authorities.

environmental objectives are the assumed obligations set out in ratified international treaties or EU regulations relating above all to transboundary environmental impacts and global pollution, and protection objectives in areas with a special legal regime, including guidelines, starting-points, restrictions and prohibitions for the purpose of environmental protection, nature conservation, protection of natural resources or protection of cultural heritage.

Without prejudice to the duty of all States Parties to protect underwater cultural heritage by way of all practicable measures taken in accordance with international law to prevent immediate danger to the underwater cultural heritage, including looting, the Coordinating State may take all practicable measures, and/or issue any necessary authorizations in conformity with this Convention and, if necessary prior to consultations, to prevent any immediate danger to the underwater cultural heritage, whether arising from human activities or any other cause, including looting.

For example, financial aid may be granted to agricultural production in order to safeguard the cultural and natural heritage, promote tourism in a particular region or to protect the soil against erosion, regulate the natural water balance or influence the climate.

The establishment of Economic and Monetary Union and the changeover to the euro have an effect on the last subparagraph under heading B of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3911/92 (4) laying down the values, expressed in ecu, of the cultural goods subject to the application of the Regulation.

The establishment of Economic and Monetary Union and the changeover to the euro have an effect on the last subparagraph under heading B of the Annex to Council Directive 93/7/EEC (3) laying down the values, expressed in ecu, of the cultural goods subject to the application of the Directive.

For example, financial aid may be granted to agricultural production in order to safeguard the cultural and natural heritage, promote tourism in a particular region or to protect the soil against erosion, regulate the natural water balance or influence the climate.

Such effects on the environment include effects on human health and safety, flora, fauna, soil, air, water, climate, landscape and historical monuments or other physical structures or the interaction among these factors; they also include effects on the cultural heritage or socio-economic conditions resulting from alterations to those factors;

However, without prejudice to paragraph 4, the Member State which is competent in accordance with the two indents in the first subparagraph are authorized not to require export licences for the cultural goods specified in the first and second indents of category A1 of the Annex where they are of limited archaeological or scientific interest, and provided that they are not the direct product of excavations, finds and archaeological sites within a Member State, and that their presence on the market is lawful.

they also include effects on the cultural heritage or socio-economic conditions resulting from alterations to those factors;

the likely significant effects(1) on the environment, including on issues such as biodiversity, population, human health, fauna, flora, soil, water, air, climatic factors, material assets, cultural heritage including architectural and archaeological heritage, landscape and the interrelationship between the above factors;

With regard to draft rules on services, detailed opinions from EFTA States may not affect any cultural policy measures, in particular in the audiovisual sphere, which EFTA States might adopt in accordance with EEA law, taking account of their linguistic diversity, their specific national and regional characteristics and their cultural heritages.";

With regard to draft rules on services, detailed opinions from EFTA States may not affect any cultural policy measures, in particular in the audiovisual sphere, which EFTA States might adopt in accordance with EEA law, taking account of their linguistic diversity, their specific national and regional characteristics and their cultural heritages.';

whereas, in particular, the use of the procedural rules laid down in that Directive for Information Society services should not affect cultural policy measures, particularly in the audiovisual field, which Member States might adopt in accordance with Community law, taking account of their linguistic diversity, their specific national and regional characteristics and their cultural heritage;

The work will identify the main factors influencing changes in governance and citizenship, in particular in the context of increased integration and globalisation and from the perspectives of history and cultural heritage as well as the impacts of these changes and the possible options to enhance democratic governance, resolve conflicts, protect human rights and take account of cultural diversity and multiple identities.

However, without prejudice to paragraph 4, the Member State which is competent in accordance with the two indents in the first subparagraph may not require export licences for the cultural goods specified in the first and second indents of category A1 of the Annex where they are of limited archaeological or scientific interest, and provided that they are not the direct product of excavations, finds and archaeological sites within a Member State, and that their presence on the market is lawful.